Her Chosen Mate

Chapter Three

Eva and Finley hide the baby for two years from everyone in the pack, they only knew they gave birth to a child but no one has seen the kid, and Zoe, too has kept her part of the agreement and the true identity of the child was not made known to anyone and as luck would have it, no one announces in the pack that a baby was missing, so it made the adoption of the child hidden.

When the baby started to grow, some things were observed by her adoptive parents. Hazel was different from them and everybody in the pack. Her hair colour was silver and her eyes were golden. This made them realize that she was not from their pack. They always wondered where and who her parents were, but they did not allow this to trouble them because of the joy of having a kid they could call theirs.

As time went by, they decided it was time to give Hazel the chance to mix with her peers which, was difficult at first because everyone was curious about her eye and hair type but later accepted it and thought that, it was because she belonged to the lineage of warriors and that she probably reincarnated from the ancestors of the warriors so no one questioned the difference in her.

After three years of the adoption of Hazel, the moon goddess decided to give them a gift that made them happy. They initially were surprised because they had lost hope of ever receiving such as from her and they never gave it a second thought since they already had one she gifted them three years ago.

After the death of our child, several attempts were made to make babies with my mate and me. We tried herbs and modern medicines, but nothing seemed to work for both of us. All hope was lost, and we had no choice but to shower all our love on Hazel, who we believed was a gift from the moon goddess.

The fact that she looked different didn't bother us; she had become the centre of our lives, and when someone tried to imply that she looked different, my mate was all ready to defend her, and he had done a good job of giving Hazel the protection she needed.

Hazel was a child we cherish because she was the only one in their family who helped to hide their childlessness.

Three years later I miraculously discovered that I was pregnant and didn't give it much care because I had experienced stillbirth three times and I had always carried the children I lost for the full months of pregnancy and in the end, those children didn't survive for me to carry them or even show them love, so I refuse to put my hope of carrying the child in my womb in my hands since it will end up died and instead gave her attention to Hazel whom I have with me presently. Finley, on his part, prays that the child in my womb survives so he can get an offspring of his own. Though he loves Hazel, he still has hope that the Moon goddess will give him a child. But I did not share the same belief with him.

When the delivery day came I gave birth to the child in my womb and to my surprise I gave birth to twins and they both survived. I look at my children with tears of Joy flowing from my eyes. I turned to my mate, " Fin, they survived, we now have two kids we can call ours," I said with tears of joy flowing down my eyes. I had completely given up on the idea that I was going to have a child but the Moon goddess gave. me two kids. I am so happy.

" You are right, we are now parents, moon goddess saw our show of love to Hazel and decided to gift us with these pretty babies," Finley said and gave me a light kiss on her lips, I could feel and see the joy of being a father in him.

Finley stood beside me looking at the babies with a smile of pride on his face, his joy knew no bounds. I can see the pride of being a father in him. I know he would now be able to raise his head that he is a capable man and those who mocked him that he mated with the wrong woman had been proven wrong and his supposed curse has been lifted from his life. He would be happy that his bloodline did not come to an end in his time and that he would also be able to raise warriors for his bloodline. Two male babies have been gifted to us and I know he was going to teach and pass on his family lineage to them. He was going to make them get the respect given to his ancestors.

" Eva, thank you for giving me these two male warriors that are going to carry on my family name," I heard Finley say to me and hugged me, showing his appreciation.

" I need to thank you too for being so patient with me and don't think I don't know how your friends used to mock and ridicule you because I didn't give you a child," I express my gratitude to him because I knew all he has been through because of the death of those children they lost and my shame is over as I am now in the leagues of mothers.

He looked up and said" Moon goddess you have made me a proud man today and I will always have faith in you, you gave me two males, and I am grateful to you" I heard him say looking up as if he was looking at the moon goddess.

I continue to look at the babies in amazement, to imagine that what I had given up on, has been given to her in two folds. To think that the moon goddess had gifted me with these two male babies was beyond what I ever expected, and as such, I promised that I would never allow anything to come, between me and the moon goddess as I vowed to serve her. I can now proudly say I have finally become a woman and a mother.

Zoe was the one who took the delivery of the two babies and she has gone to the clinics to attend to another wolf who was in labour. When she came back to see how the babies and I were doing, was happy that both I and the babies were in good health. She was happy that her brother and I now have two wonderful babies to call their own.

Zoe

I know it was too early to bring up the issue of Hazel, but I could not help it, and has to be discussed, and know if Hazel was going to remain in their custody because they have a handful, and it will not be easy to raise the two babies and Hazel who also needs more attention too because she was still an infant too. " Finley, what happened to Hazel, how do you intend to cope with the two kids and Hazel," I asked him

He did not understand why O brought up Hazel now, I could see he was not happy with the topic I raised.

" What do you mean by that, Hazel is my daughter and she will continue to be my daughter," He snarled at me and I could see that he did not like what I was saying

" Don't you think it is wise to connect her to her family, her family would be out there looking for her, and I do think it is unfair to her," I explain to him hoping he would reason with me

" And what if her parents were killed?" I heard his retorts.

But Eva's next words stunned Finley, "She is not our daughter, and like Zoe says we will have to send her back to her parents," I can say I was surprised that Eva said this, I had expected she would be the one to oppose me but she agreed

"Eva, do you even listen to yourself? A child that has helped you overcome your trauma of not having a child and suddenly you see her as not being yours? I am surprised to hear you speak this way," Finley angrily said to her.

" How could you even have that kind of thought in your heart about a child that has helped you when you were sad and stressed out when you were having issues with your childlessness and suddenly the babies are here and she is not worth it again," Finley continued

" Fin, that is not what we are saying here, of course, I do love her but she needs to go to her parents, they might still be looking, for her" She explains her reasons, I guess the feeling of being a mother is taking its effect on her already.

" Are you kidding me? Eva, I can not believe you are saying this," I can see that Finley was disappointed to hear his mate say such a thing, Hazel has comforted Eva when she was in a sad mood, he angrily stood to his feet and carried Hazel out, leaving Eva and me in the room.

" Finley, I am.....," Eva tried to call him back and apologize but Finley was angry and did not want to be in the same room with her so he left the room, Eva suddenly rejected Hazel whom they had always showered love on and treated like theirs did not go well with him

I tried to explain to Eva that she needed to be patient and talk it out patiently with Finley.

" Eva, you should know that Hazel has been with you for a long time now, and my brother is someone you know is loyal and won't want to part with Hazel, who he has created a bond with. " I said to comfort Eva because it will be difficult for her to change Finley's heart into looking for Hazel's biological parents. I knew the possibility of her parents being dead could not be ruled out but I felt she deserved to know her parents that was why I brought up the issue now though it might not be the right time it was important.